An Algerian hidden camera show staged a mock kidnapping of former Charlton Athletic defender Madjid Bougherra in an incredibly unfunny, and presumably harrowing, skit.

The 32-year-old was enjoying a drink in a café with a friend, as you do, when out of nowhere a group of faux-extremists barricaded the door and rounded up Bougherra and a group of actors pretending to be hostages before locking them away in a container.

The ex-Rangers man is seen trying to calm down his fellow hostages, who he could only assume were genuinely hysterical.

He was then hauled off to the desert, where he is blindfolded whilst his fellow ‘captives’ make terrified sounds, as Bougherra presumably awaits his death.

Eventually Bougherra has his blindfold removed and, somewhat surprisingly, shows great restraint when he comes face-to-face with the pranksters.

If you want to see the ‘hoax’ in full, scroll down to watch. Be warned though, Beadle's About this is not.